Double pointed pin pastrner



Oct. 9, 1928. Re. 17,100

6. BODEN ET AL DOUBLE POINTED PIN FASTENEH Original Filed June 22,' 1926 Reissued Oct. 9, 1928.

Return UNITED STATES PATENT, OFF-16E;

GEOBGE IBODEN AND GEORGE A. KING, WATER-BURY, CONNECTICUT.

DOUBLE-POINT!!!) rm FASTENEB.

Original lie. 1,604,801, dated October 28, 1928, Serial Ila. 117,541, fled June 22, um. Application for relmie filed Bay 28; 1927. Serial In. 198,758.

Division B.

The object of this invention is to provide a double-pointed pin fastening device, especial ly one designed for use of automobile trimmers to in or attach seat and other covers to 6 the fabric on the inside of automobiles.

' Fastening devices of the type represented in this invention are usually provided'with a cap made as a metal shell and attached to the pin in a variety of ways. In the case of single-pointed pins, the head of the pin has been made usually of ring form, and the cap made with a flanged rim in which the ring. is mounted. In the case of a double-pointed pin, having a cap, it is expensive to make the cap-engaging end or head of the pin in the form of a ring, and it is dillicult and expensive to connect the double-pointed pin head and the cap and to prevent relative turning of the pin within the cap. The limbs of the double-pointed pins tend to approach one another tn the act of setting.

Unr invention consists of a double-pointed pin, having a looped head bent ovcr ubstantiully parallel with the limbs of the pin and spaced apart from the limbs so as to form a ap-engaging head which is engaged by the cup at opposite points. instead of circularly, as in the case of a 1 ing.

The invention also consists of a doublepointed pin,.hnving means for separating the limbs of the pin and preventing them from approaching in use.

In the accompanying drawings illnslral ing the invention, in the several figures o whi h like part are similarly designated Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevution, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, illustrating one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the shell-like cap.

*0 Fig. 5 is a section on linc 5-41 of Fig. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation, and Fig. T u front ell-rm tion of the double'poiutt :l pin dclar-hcd. Fig. 1* is a rear elevation, and Fig. ll is a section on line 9- -5) of Fig. o", illustrating the automatically operating retaining llilil'j;

this feature forming the subjcrl of lllv wucurrent application of George linden. Georgi- A. King and Lyman Burton Chapman. Fig. 10 is a rear elevation, and Fig. ll a sect ion on line 11-11 of Fim ll), illustrating tllu separating feature. P ig. 12 is a rear elem-- tion, illustrating the use of both prong and lug.

The doubleinted pin is conveniently made of suitab e wire with the free ends or limbs pointed, and the looped ends bent, over and humped at the top so as to fit within the shell which forms the ca 1 designates the limbs, 2 their pointed en s, 3 the looped head having the humped portion 4 which enga es the upper portion of the cap and the hen 5 which engages the lower portion of the cap, and 6 is the ca having the flanged rim 7 which confines t e head of the pin within the cap in a rigid, fixed or stationary manner.

The looped and humped end or head of the pin differs from any other to us known, in that it is bent back upon the li mbs and parallel or in alignment with said limbs, the portions 8 thereof being straight, instead of circular, and the bend 5 fitting within the cap and held by its flange 7, and the humped portion l having the apexial ends 9 next to the straight portions 8 shaped to engage the cap within its flange 7, and thence slanting outwardly, as at l), and merging with the limbs and carrying said limbs outside of the cap, so that said limbs may be engaged with the article to which the pin is applied as a fastoner.

The limbs engage the notches 11 in the lower edge of the flange 7 so as to be held spaced apart and aid in preventingrelative movement of th cup and pin.

lhc pin with its described head is capable of economical mzumt'ucturc and ready assembly with the cap. with the tendency of relative movcnn-nt oi the cap and pin reduced if not entirely eliminated.

The cap ma he provided with an inverted 'V shaped prong l2 projecting upwardly and outwardly at an angle front the lower portion of tlntlango and bctween the limbs of the pin, and of 11 width at its base about equal to the distance between said limbs so as to hold the limbs apart. This prong is fixed and adapted to on age automatically the tab- I'll: on which the astener is used to prevent the ac idental escapeof the fastener, and her with engagement the fabric is held in place th rough the resilient tendencies of the limbs of the pin. In order to disengagc the prong from the fabric, a sharp tool, such as n thin knife blade, may be inserted between the fabric and the bottom of the cap, to thereby force the limbs of the pin away from the resilient, the will tend to revert to their normal position after the tool has been 'removed. a a

In order further to insure the relative immovability of the cap and pin and to efi'ect the holdin apart 0 the limbs of the pin, there may he provided the ,lug 13 projecting from the upper edge of the flange 7 of the cap and entering the space between the limbs of the pin in the head thereof. As shown in Fig. 12, both prong 12 and lug 13 may be used in a. pin fastener.

Variations in the details of construction are permissible within the principle of the invention imd the scope of the claims follow- %Vhat we claim is 1. A double ointed pin fastener, having a cap provide with a flanged rim, and a doubleointed pin havingits head formed by bending over'and humping its looped'end and rigidli' engaged by the flanged rim of the cap.

2. A double-pointed pin fastener, having a cap provided with a flanged-rim, and a double-pointed pin having its headformed by bending over and humping its looped end to form straight portions ali ed with the limbs of the pin, said head xedly engaged by the flanged rim of the cap.

a. A doubleomted pin fastener, having a cap, and a ouble-pointed pin havin a straight as distinguished from a circu ar head, fol-"med with an outwardly extendin slanting hump at its upper end and a hen at its lower end, the head of the pin being stationarily engaged by the ,cap at its opposite ends. V

4. A double-pointed pin fastener, having a map, and a doubleomted pin having its hea formed by ben mg over and humping its looped end and engaging the cap, and a lug extending from t e upper edge of the ca between the limbs of the pin.

1 n testimony whereof we have hereunto set pur hands, this 18th day of May, A. D. 192

GEORGE BODEN. GEORGE A. KING.

(YERTIFICATE OF (JORREUHON.

Reissue Patent No. 17,190. Granted Ortohel' 9, iul'w,

GEORGE BODEN and GEORGE A. KING it is hereby certified that the above numbered patent was errnneonsiy issued to the inventors said "Rodeo and King." whereas said patent should have been issued to "Scoviile Manufacturing Company, of Waterbury, Connecticut, 8 Corporation of Connecticut". said Corporation being assignee of the entire interest in said invention, as shown by the records of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent shouid be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 20th day of November. A. D. 1928.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Reissue Patent No. [7.100. Granted October 9. [928.

GEORGE BODEN and GEORGE A. KING.

1! is hereby certified that in Certificate of Correction issued November 20,

1928. in the above numbered patent the name "Scoville in line 3, should read "Scovill"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of No ember. A. D. 1928.

M. J. Moore, (Seal) Acting Gommissiorier of Patents. 

